Times of Day That Coachella 2012 Artists Sing/Rap About

This will apparently help us determine when that act will play.

Originally Posted by travelfan

When an act is billed that high, is a big get (their/his first US performance), and not only fucking sounds like nighttime, but also the narrative to all their/his songs take place during nighttime, then of course it is worth Goldenvoice's time to think about it.

Does anybody else in this thread think The Weeknd on during the day is even a remote possibility?

I'll go first. The narratives of both "The Chronic" and "Doggystyle" primarily took place during the day if you've seen most of the music videos that came from the albums. Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg will probably play on the main at 4pm because of this.

Kaiser Chiefs has a song called "Saturday Night," so I think they'll play at night. They also have a song called "Heat Dies Down," which probably means a sunset slot.

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The lyric "Something tells me that I'm dreaming," along with the thematic narrative of making a girl's wish his command, over a funky bassline, suggests to me that this is a night time act. Also, note the darkness of the background in the video, with the central characters needing to be colored in neon to be visible. 10:00 PM Sahara.

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Yuck

The thematic narrative of this video is the band, especially the lead singer, getting away from something. During the day, I might add. This makes sense because people often get away from things during the day, so as to avoid dangerous night driving. 2:30, most likely on a stage outdoors. It would be weird to see them perform this song at night when I know damn-well it was set in the day.

Originally Posted by RandyInHeaven

Devin - how does it feel to know that there are still more women in the world that would fuck me at this very moment than would fuck you?

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This one is difficult. Novacane is usually only administered during normal dentistry work hours (9-5), suggesting a day time performance. BUT, "Novacane," here, is metaphoric. He references Jigga and Z-Trip's Coachella performances, both of which occurred at night, but also alludes to ingested cocaine for breakfast--typically a morning meal.

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First Aid Kit

"Bitter winds are coming in, and I'm already missing the summer. Star comes cold, but I've been told I was born to endure this kind of weather."

The thematic narrative is pretty clear in this song, and throughout the album. It's cold, bitter, windy, etc. This performance would be a waste, because of the thematic narrative, during the day. And Paul T. knows this.

9:00pm Gobi.

Originally Posted by RandyInHeaven

Devin - how does it feel to know that there are still more women in the world that would fuck me at this very moment than would fuck you?

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At the Drive In

No real video for this song, but I think the combination of the song title and the band's name (you can't go to the drive in during the day...amirite?) gives you a clear indication of when they'll be playing.

Midnight

Originally Posted by RandyInHeaven

Devin - how does it feel to know that there are still more women in the world that would fuck me at this very moment than would fuck you?

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Thanks for the contributions, you guys. Keeping with the thematic narrative of this thread, I've updated the first post. I'll be submitting these times to clumsy, to aid him in his mock-scheduling efforts.

Originally Posted by RandyInHeaven

Devin - how does it feel to know that there are still more women in the world that would fuck me at this very moment than would fuck you?

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Originally Posted by HotHamWater

First Aid Kit

"Bitter winds are coming in, and I'm already missing the summer. Star comes cold, but I've been told I was born to endure this kind of weather."

The thematic narrative is pretty clear in this song, and throughout the album. It's cold, bitter, windy, etc. This performance would be a waste, because of the thematic narrative, during the day. And Paul T. knows this.

9:00pm Gobi.

I disagree with this interpretation. Clearly they are playing early in the day. The video you posted was filmed in Joshua Tree NP.. that's right by Coachella. And it's daytime in the video. Plus there's a fire, and they're at the Gram Parsons botched-cremation site, and they're singing about Emmylou Harris. Gram and Emmylou did a killer cover of "We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning".
QED.

And of course they have cold, bitter, windy thoughout their album. They're Swedish. It's plenty cold, bitter, and windy in Sweden in the daytime too.

edit: You're wrong about them playing the Gobi too. That video is set in the Mohave desert.

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Those are all good points, Tom. So maybe First Aid Kit doesn't HAVE to play after the sun goes down? I think a good compromise is maybe when it's starting to get more cold and bitter on the polo field. Hmmm. The "star comes cold" line is what's getting me. I know stars exist during the day. I mean, the sun is a star. The sun......is a star. Fuck. Yeah, First Aid Kit is playing during the day.

Originally Posted by RandyInHeaven

Devin - how does it feel to know that there are still more women in the world that would fuck me at this very moment than would fuck you?

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Bon Iver

I originally thought this set would be taking place in a new Air Conditioned frosted dome to best capture the recording conditions of the previous album. However, after further examination of the lyrics he talks about telling people to be patient. This tells me it doesn't have to be in a cold and frosty new dome but just very late at night or even early morning when the desert cools off a bit. (we all remember how patient we had to be for Prince and he didn't even sing a song with those words in it). Finally, he says "in the morning i'll be with you". In fact the coachella camping area and Wisconsin wilderness are almost identical in every way.

That clinches it. This set will likely start around 4:30AM and conclude at sun up. It will also take place on the campground as it closely resembles the Wisconsin wilderness.